MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A visitor to Discovery Park of America said he didn't hesitate to remove several racist and hateful Santa letters he saw hanging near a Christmas Tree in the museum on Saturday. Another guest at the attraction in Union City, Tennessee, also posted a video of the letters to Facebook. They appeared to be in children's handwriting and said, "I want a slave for Christmas." Racist Santa letters left at Discovery Park of American in Union, TN. Courtesy: Jessie Smith III "We went to see if they were still up. They were, but someone had covered them up with other pictures. I didn’t believe the post until I saw them," Smith said. "My wife and I only saw three. We took them all down, and she turned them in. She said the worker seemed shocked." The Facebook post about the Santa letters has been commented on and shared hundreds of times. Many not only condemned the offensive language but asked how it went unnoticed by employees. Discovery Park of America is a state-of-the-art 100,000-square-foot science, technology, and history museum located about 100 miles northeast of Memphis. It also features a 50-acre outdoor heritage park. A spokesperson for the museum responded to the Facebook post about the letters and released the following statement on their Facebook page: "As many of you know, we have a “Letters to Santa” station as part of our Christmas celebration. From time to time, a guest will write something inappropriate on a letter. That happened tonight, and a guest saw it and let us know. Any inappropriate letters are removed and destroyed as soon as we see them. We apologize for any offense this may have caused." Locksmith lured to vacant home and killed; family wants Israeli man’s death investigated as a hate crime Discovery Park of America said the Santa letters are supposed to be placed in mailboxes for Santa, and the person or person who left the inappropriate letters hung them over vintage Christmas Cards they display during the Holidays. Smith said he was at the museum with his wife and children when he spotted the letters and was disappointed by what he saw. "We are trying to raise our kids the right way in a world full of hate, so we removed them so no one else had to see the mess," Smith said. "Racism is taught, and that’s just something that our kids aren’t going to be taught. We want them to be kind to everyone in this world." Others commenting on the Facebook post said it was possible the letters were all written by the same person, and they should be held accountable for their actions. Discovery Park of America said it did have a camera in the building where the letters were found, but it was not positioned in such a way to capture the "heinous act." The museum said it is exploring other ways to investigate the incident.